Background*

Ms. Donna A. James has been a Consultant, Business Advisor, President and Managing Director of Lardon & Associates LLC since March 2006. Ms. James served as Director of Investment Products Administration and Director of Treasury Services within Nationwide Life. She served as the President of Nationwide Strategic Investments of Nationwide, a division of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company from 2003 to March 31, 2006. She founded Lardon & Associates LLC in 2006. She served ... as a Member of Corporate Executive Management Team in the office of the Chief Executive Officer of Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. She was responsible for developing new business opportunities in diversified financial services and directing the management of several Nationwide affiliates, including Gates McDonald, Nationwide Advantage Mortgage Company, Nationwide Health Plans, Nationwide Global Holdings and Nationwide Strategic Investment Fund LLC. Ms. James served as an Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Nationwide Financial Services, an insurance and financial services organization Inc. and its subsidiary, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company ("Nationwide") from August 2000 to 2003. She served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Nationwide Financial Services Inc. from August 1999 to August 2000 and Senior Vice President, Human Resources from December 1997 to August 1999. Ms. James was with Nationwide from 1981 to 2006, has more than 30 years of diverse management and leadership experience. She served as an Executive of Nationwide or affiliated entities for the past fourteen years. She served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer from May 1999 to July 2000 and Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Nationwide from December 1997 to May 1999. She served as Vice President—Human Resources of Nationwide from July 1996 to December 1997. She served as Vice President—Assistant to Chief Executive Officer of Nationwide from March 1996 to July 1996 and Associate Vice President and Assistant to Chief Executive Officer from May 1994 to March 1996. she held several positions within Nationwide. She served as an Auditor of Coopers and Lybrand (now, PricewaterhouseCoopers). She has been an Independent Director of L Brands, Inc. since 2003. She has been a Director of Marathon Petroleum Corporation since July 5, 2011 and Time Warner Cable Inc. since March 12, 2009. She has been a Director of Boston Scientific Corporation since JUly 15, 2015. She serves as a Director of Villanova Capital Inc. She served as a Director of Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd. since 2005. She served as a Director at Intimate Brands, Inc. since March 23, 2001. Ms. James served as a Director of CNO Financial Group, Inc. (also known as Conseco Inc) from May 22, 2007 to May 5, 2011. She served as a Director of Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc. since July 27, 2005. She served as a Director of Nationwide Life Insurance Company and Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company, a subsidiaries of Nationwide Financial Services Inc. from May 2001 to May 2002. Ms. James serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University School of Business. She serves as a Member of United Way of America's board of governors and the Bennett College board of trustees. Her community service roles included: Chairman of YWCA board of trustees; Columbus City Schools business advisory council; Ohio College Access Network; I Know I Can board of trustees; Ohio Supreme Court Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline; the Client Security Fund Commission; Nationwide Federal Credit Union board of directors; The Ohio State University Council of Women; the Central State University board of trustees,; Wexner Center for the Arts board of trustees, and Ohio 4-H Foundation Board. Ms. James has received several business and community service recognitions including the 2004 Beta Gamma Sigma Award for outstanding business achievement, the 2001 Spirit of Advocacy Award for Young Women in Science and Technology; 1999 YWCA Women of Achievement Award; the Mark D. Philmore Urban Bankers Award for Outstanding African-American Woman in Financial Services; and the Ohio Women of Courage Award. Ms. James is also the founder and chair of The Center for Healthy Families, a non-profit in Columbus, Ohio, and the former president and appointed chair of the National Women's Business Council. She is a non-practicing Certified Public Accountant. Ms. James holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from North Carolina A&T State University.

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